Health Safety Environment (HSE)

Description.

6 Days

Duration

Day1: Hearing protection

This course explains how noise can affect your hearing and what you can do to minimize the effects of high noise levels. It is divided into three topics.

  • DANGEROUS NOISE LEVELS

    • Define the following terms: sound, sound wave, noise.

    • Describe two properties of sound waves: intensity and frequency.

    • Noise, sound and sound waves.

    • The Hearing Process

    • Intensity and frequency

    • Sound levels

  • THE OSHA STANDARD

    • Describe OSHA's hearing conservation regulations.

    • Occupational Noise Exposure Standard.

    • Hearing Preservation Program.

    • Hearing protection and training.

    • Hearing tests.

    • Reference tests.

    • Standard offset of thresholds.

    • Employee Rights.

  • HEARING PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

    • Describe how earplugs and earmuffs provide hearing protection.

    • Hearing protection devices.

    • Earplugs.

    • Noise cancelling headphones.

    • Noise reduction rating.

Day2: The basics of security

  • UNSAFE ACTION

    • Lack of communication.

    • Bad work habits.

    • Drug or alcohol abuse.

    • Insufficient training

  • HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS

  • Security Policies

  • Personal Protection

    • Head protection.

    • Eye protection.

    • Hearing protection.

    • Hand Protection.

    • Foot protection.

    • Fall protection.

    • Respiratory protection.

    • Protection of the lift.

  • Equipment and material

  • Ladders and scaffolding

  • Electrical safety

  • Fire safety

Day3: Fall protection

  • INTRODUCTION TO FALL PROTECTION

    • Describe the working conditions in which fall protection is needed and the objectives of fall protection.

    • Identify the basic means by which fall protection can be achieved.

    • Identify the main topics that need to be covered to provide personnel with adequate training in fall protection.

    • Describe the difference between preventing falls and stopping falls.

    • When is fall protection needed?

    • Methods of fall protection

    • Training

    • Fall protection systems

    • Fall arrest

  • FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

    • Objective: Identify and describe the basic elements of a typical fall arrest system

    • Personal Fall Arrest System.

    • Anchorage.

    • Full body harness.

    • Lanyard

    • Connectors

    • Deceleration device

    • Lifelines

    • Vertical lifelines

    • Horizontal lifelines

  • SELECTION, USE AND CARE

    • Objective: Describe the proper selection, use and maintenance of a fall arrest system.

    • Selection.

    • Inspection.

    • Used equipment.

    • Use of personal fall arrest systems

    • Storage

Day4: Respiratory protection

Describe the equipment used for respiratory protection.

  • Respiratory hazards

  • Respirators

    • Air purifying respirators.

  • Styles

    • Disposable filter masks.

    • Cartridge respirators.

    • Gas masks or cartridge respirators.

  • Replacement

    • Air-fed respirators

      • Air supply respirators

      • SCBA

      • Portable escape breathing apparatus

Day5: Electrical safety

  • INTRODUCTION

  • ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS

    • Describe the basic electrical qualities of current, voltage and resistance.

    • Electricity.

    • Current.

    • Voltage.

    • Resistance.

    • Driver.

    • Insulators.

  • CHOC

    • Explain what an electric shock is..

    • Describe the factors that affect the severity of an electric shock.

    • Describe the physical effects of the current flowing through the human body.

    • Electric Shock.

    • Severity of shock.

    • Amount of current.

    • Time.

    • Current flow.

    • Current effects.

  • DANGERS

    • Objective: Describe the hazards of working around electrical equipment.

    • Obvious hazards

      • High voltage areas

      • Overload circuits

      • Damaged cords

      • Links behind the covers

    • Less obvious risks

      • Long or large objects

      • Mobile equipment

      • Stagnant water

  • PROTECTION

    • Objective: Describe ways to protect personnel from electrical hazards.

    • Types of Protection

      • Equipment design

      • Warnings

      • Obstacles

      • Lock-out/Tag-out

      • Tools

      • A good basis

      • Double insulated tools

      • Explosion-proof equipment

      • Special ropes

      • Metal items

      • Protective equipment

  • EMERGENCIES

    • Objectives:

      • Describe how to safely assist a victim of electrical shock.

      • Describe how to safely respond to an electrical fire.

    • Responding to an emergency situation.

    • Electric shocks.

    • Separate the victim from the source.

    • Switch off the power.

Day6: Fire safety

  • INTRODUCTION

  • HOW FIRES START

    • Explain how fires start.

    • Elements of Combustion.

  • FIRE PREVENTION

    • Objective: Describe two general categories of fire prevention methods and provide examples of each.

    • Fire prevention methods

    • Direct heat sources.

      • Control heat sources.

      • Tools.

      • Smoking.

      • Electrical energy.

      • Resistance.

      • Ventilation.

      • Mechanical friction.

    • Control of fuel sources.

      • Flammable materials.

      • Paper and wood.

      • Flammable liquids.

      • Gas.

      • Fuel spills.

      • Rags.

  • MANAGEMENT OF FIRE SITUATIONS

    • Objectives

      • Describe some common workplace evacuation procedures.

      • Explain how to select and use common types of fire extinguishing equipment.

    • General procedure

      • Alert others.

      • Evacuate

      • Emergency and fire prevention plans

    • Types of Fires

      • Fire Extinguishers.

      • Use of a fire extinguisher

      • Fire hoses

      • Spraying model